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A trade is better then service.
A trade is better then service.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
Where there is peace, God is.
Where there is peace, God is.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
